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With the introduction of the new syllabus, the Class 8 history textbook now presents India’s past with sharper clarity and greater accuracy. The book now refers to Babur as a “cruel invader” and Aurangzeb as a “temple destroyer,” giving students a clearer understanding of their rule. This update reflects a long-standing demand that history be taught truthfully, without exaggeration, glorification, or selective narration.

For decades, the Mughal era was often portrayed in a softened, glorified manner, while their religious persecution, cultural destruction, and social oppression were rarely highlighted. The revised textbook brings these overlooked truths forward, helping students see that Indian history is not just a timeline of kings and battles — it is also shaped by cultural conflicts, religious struggles, and the enduring strength of Indian society.

Many observers view this change as a courageous and necessary step, one that brings the nation’s historical narrative closer to reality. Historians and citizens alike believe that this decision finally fulfills a long-held expectation: that the younger generation should study history built on factual truth, not filtered versions of the past.

More than just a curriculum update, this reform marks an opportunity to present India’s civilisation, identity, and heritage with renewed confidence and authenticity.

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If you read history from Persian records, you'll find unnecessary exaggerations of numbers — like, say, if there were 10,000 cavalry, people recorded it as 30,000 to gain resources from the king and do corruption. So kings weren’t as powerful as they were portrayed by conventional history books based on ancient records where they exaggerate the greatness of kings.

Modern historians, like Dutch historian Jos Gommans, who wrote Mughal Warfare, analyzed the truth using evidence like economy, technology, and logistics data of that time, along with archaeological evidence. He found plenty of exaggeration. In some sense, plenty of people were also looting kings, and lots of times you’ll find kings themselves allowing corruption to protect themselves from their own people — including family members — just to stay in power.
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For example, when Islamic invasion happened, roughly 3% of Hindu population was fighting against 16% of Islamic invaders’ population. That’s how you can detect that it’s a caste system issue—the reason why Hindu kings lost. Typically, It took 100-200 years for a particular generation of Islamic invaders to grow to the equivalent population of the Hindu kingdom. This means the Islamic Kings who promised people prosperity after the invasion weren't the one who actually provided it, it was 2–3 generations afterward by some descendant.

In case of Aurangzeb, 85% of population of his empire were Hindu's and 15% Muslims. About 31% of his high officials (mansabdars) were Hindus — more than even Akbar’s time. So, the History of wars don't represents the History of most Hindu's or most Muslim Invaders either. Almost 90% population of both Hindus and muslims were indulged in the slavery. So, it's not like people were happy with their Hindu's or Islamic rulers and that's why they need to write exaggerated stories of courage about themselves but in reality most of them were cowards and opportunists just like modern politicians.
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Aurangzeb is often portrayed as anti-Hindu, but historically:

He employed thousands of Hindu nobles in high-ranking positions.

About 31% of his high officials (mansabdars) were Hindus — more than even Akbar’s time.

Important Hindu generals under him included:

Raja Jai Singh I (led Mughal forces against Shivaji)

Raja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur

Raja Bishan Singh

Raja Raj Singh of Bikaner


He also signed treaties and alliances with several Rajput rulers, though relations deteriorated later.

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I never said Aurangzeb was a good person, he was as cruel as other kings of his time. The big problem is people want to glorify some kings and vilify the others without realising that they were all villains in the eyes of the common public.

Only 5% of population participated in wars because very few people knew how to fight and there were no mass production factories where you can manufacture weapons daily basis, there were no machines or modern factories

85% people who lives under Aurangzeb were hindu's and 31% mansabdars were hindus' the foot soldiers who were fighting on the behalf of aurangzeb almost 70% were Hindu's.

Islamic Invaders were manipulating the system only just like any other invaders
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Ashwin P. I never said he was a noble leader, he was as cruel as other kings. Portraying Aurangzeb as villain also means portraying him as extra ordinarily powerful which is not the reality. Most kings were terrified of their own family members more than outsiders and most kings pay bribes and do corruption to protect themselves from their own family members but writing the truth will question the family structure and religion itself so we avoid it.
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Yash Pratap okay, from which year it was started to glorifying invaders, looters, as great empires.
Who started writings these stuff, as invaders were great,
How many nations in the world still naming places, with their invaders
Indian history says they constructed monuments and all but never said from where they got funds,
Cruelty is different from barbaric invasions, we should know the difference first
Unfortunately, our biased and uneducated education ministers wrote one side of the invaders…
1813, 1835, 1854 years played a crucial role in damaging India’s educational system, better to do a research on why they changed our education system, instead of praising invaders who particularly enjoyed killing targeted communities brutually
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Ankit Kumar Jha you can't take revenge from dead people. Anyways I already mentioned 31% of mansabdaars who were fighting on behalf of aurangzeb were Hindus so Aurangzeb wasn't solely responsible, 31% Hindu kings were also responsible.
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Yash Pratap this is not assumption, that was the history, hidden from the real text books..
History, should be written as usual not be biased, those who never seen the face of schools, became education ministers..
As you mentioned some generals,,
They are not hired through voting system, after invading, there is no option for them to escape, they have to be under the invader, or they need to die,
Please stop showing them as social workers or freedom fighters..
Still, enjoying the slavery by giving invader names to universities, railway stations.. and some idiots blindly supporting..
During those days we are ultra rich in order to loot they have entered
Unfortunately, we say that Britishers constructed railway stations and all BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL PURPOSE, TO DRAIN OUT WEALTH WITH THE HELP OF THAT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, not to serve the nation
If we are not aware of actual history, we should ready for jiziya tax,
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so you mean killed thousands is justified if someone employee 50-100 ?
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How stupid is this arguments that 50 Muslim invaders were physically beating 5000 Hindu's

Only 5% of population participated in wars because very few people knew how to fight and there were no mass production factories where you can manufacture weapons daily basis and people didn't know how to eat 2 times a day, there were no machines or modern factories

85% people who lives under Aurangzeb were hindu's and 31% mansabdars were hindus' the foot soldiers who were fighting on the behalf of aurangzeb almost 70% were Hindu's.

Islamic Invaders were manipulating the system only just like any other invaders and Aurangzeb wasn't invader because Akbar already ruled the empire so he becomes insider that's why he was able to employ so many Hindu's

What do you want to teach children History without logistics ?

Let me guess :

Hey these "Islamic Kings did the invasion and let's take revenge" without asking whether our ancestors were actually fighting wars or they were indulged in the slavery like 90% of population who hated all kinds of Kings but they can't because eating food daily was big deal at that time.
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Anubhav Soni for Islamic invaders to invade, they first needed to migrate to the location of the fight, and migrations weren't easy. They were very difficult because you needed to keep your people alive. Human beings didn't run on petrol that you could store — they ran on real food, and food production and storage were very difficult at that time, so it's not a joke. Wars weren't fought like we see in movies. You couldn't motivate people to migrate from their place that easily, and on a daily basis, women needed to cook food. After a very long time, invasions happened, and they didn’t stop within a few days — they took years. Manufacturing weapons and maintaining cavalry were no joke.
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Yash Pratap aren't you forgetting something? He fed and nurtured hundreds of women who he kept in a big building. It was his harem which was home to these women captured and they had a hierarchy as well. There were women that were his own female relatives, women who were once someone else's wives, women who worked for him, there was even a category 'ladies-in-waiting'. He was such a kind man, isn't it?
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Yash Pratap Yash Pratap When just his beloved memories can engage Hindu like you in working for him and adding to his Mahimamandan, then surely he when in existence, he would have engaged many SUCHHHH hindus to work for him. To sit as a high official in any kingdom, no one needed Aurangjeb mandatorily. There were Hindu emperors also who were granting high positions to hindus so what greatness he showed in Hindu emperors and occupying that chair with so called hindu officials continuing as it is in their place.
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Yash Pratap You are right in saying that Aurangjeb was cruel but added some more information to it, which was not at all needed as comment to the post made by Akshay Kapoor, where he simply stated that history has been corrected and new books are presenting the history with sharper clarity and greater accuracy.
Once it is in line with your vision of Aurangjeb being a cruel invader and the same covered in new books, your original comment is giving a different hint and that's why so many reactions including the one of mine.
But since you, me and Akshay Kapoor are aligned on good correction by Govt of India, this exchange of messages can be closed here.
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Yash Pratap raja jaswant Singh was diplomatically against the aurangzeb and supported the shivaji,

Raja bhushan was a weak ruler and he bribed the aurangzeb sisters and sons to change the summon many times and died in Peshawar

Similarly the Bikaner kingdom also had an alliance with aurangzeb

It's like some hindus are liberal secular and antihindu, but the ideology of converting forcibly to everyone is ruthless,

Why there is no forceful conversion of muslims done by shivaji, and many great rulers.

The question Aurangzeb the messiah of muslims don't deserve applause.
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Yash Pratap half knowledge/ biased knowledge is very dangerous. You do not know the dynamics of Rajputs vs Iranis and Turanis. You do not know the brutal killing of his own brother Dara Shikhoh and many others, you do not understand the heinous killings in the most inhuman way of Sambhaji , you won't get to understand how Gyan vapi temple and many others were destroyed, you need not know Aurengzeb's killings of Sikh gurus because they refused to convert. You should not know that the seeds of two nation theory got birth due to Aurengzeb's favour for foreign Muslims in his court , you will not know how the extra taxes were collected from Hindus to sponsor Haz pilgrimage .. 5000-50000 Hindu Brahmins were converted for weeks by burning Janeus.. get treated my son/brother . This way you will get only sicker.
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First look into and change the situation of the people who are dying in Delhi, later we can see about changing the facts of our class 8 textbooks @PM Modi
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Sudarsan Munirathnam Devarajulu But what I said is most needed of all sir. For upcoming generations, the current generation has to survive first....if they die, then there is no called future generations...Now it's Delhi, in future it can be any metropolitan cities
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Anubhav Soni Spitting out the facts seems leftist to you means, I think not only Modi ,your mindset also needs to be changed. I'm not supporting or opposing any parties, I'm speaking as a citizen of India and not like kids. First stop having this Muslim/ Hindu, leftist extremist fight, and think as citizens of India. Bro, whatever the party comes into power, if they haven't performed their duties properly, then whistleblowing will happen and stop calling them by nicknames
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Anubhav Soni Is BJP a 7 months old government? They were able to throw out that AAP leader, why can't they solve this issue from the Centre. Stop being like Punjab, Delhi, Mumbai etc etc....look as India brother. Try to live for a few months in other countries and come back, then you'll know how worse the govt and people's mindset are
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🙏 Thank You for the New Syllabus Reform 🙏

The introduction of the new Class 8 history syllabus is a landmark step toward teaching India’s past with honesty, clarity, and civilisational confidence. By presenting Babur as a “cruel invader” and Aurangzeb as a “temple destroyer,” the textbooks now reflect long-ignored historical realities that generations have demanded to be acknowledged.

This reform is more than an academic correction — it is a restoration of truth, identity, and pride. For decades, crucial chapters of our civilisation’s resilience, cultural struggles, and spiritual strength were diluted or selectively narrated. Today, the younger generation will finally learn a balanced and factual account of our history, without distortions or glorification.

Our heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji for showing the courage and conviction to bring these long-overdue changes. This step fulfils the dreams of countless Indians who wished for textbooks that honour India’s heritage and present the truth without fear or favour.

Thank you, Modi ji, for empowering our students with an authentic understanding of their civilisation — and for ensuring that India’s story is told with honesty, dignity, and pride. 🇮🇳✨
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Lt.Col.Deepak Saxena Invasion History must be taught from the logistics point of view but I doubt they will.

Only 5% of population participated in wars because very few people knew how to fight and there were no mass production factories where you can manufacture weapons daily basis and people didn't know how to eat 2 times a day, there were no machines or modern factories

85% people who lives under Aurangzeb were hindu's and 31% mansabdars were hindus' the foot soldiers who were fighting on the behalf of aurangzeb almost 70% were Hindu's.

Islamic Invaders were manipulating the system only just like any other invaders and Aurangzeb wasn't invader because Akbar already ruled the empire so he becomes insider that's why he was able to employ so many Hindu's

What do people get after teaching History without logistics ?

Let me guess :

Hey these "Islamic Kings did the invasion and let's take revenge" without asking whether our ancestors were actually fighting wars or they were indulged in the slavery like 90% of population who hated all kinds of Kings but they can't because eating food daily was big deal at that time.

Checkout my other comments (JOS GOMMANS) in the post to know how things happened
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Much needed change, most welcome.
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Satyawani Bondalpaty Delhi began getting polluted in late 80s. India began getting oppressed under Muslim rule over 1000 years ago and the distortion of our history began under Nehru and continued down the line. Both Delhi Pollution and Distortion of our history are important and it will be stupid to link the two.
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Things pending:
- Bringing back caste hierarchy
- Bringing back Brahminical patriarchy
- Burning the Constitution in vengeance for Babasaheb burning the Manusmriti
- Making Hindi the national language
- Burning down the tricolor flag and making the saffron flag the national flag

If I’m missing something, please add.
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A much needed step forward. The same for British rule: Jallianwala bagh tragedy, Bengal Famine,, just to name a few. We need to rewrite our history seen through Indian eyes
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Aurangzeb gave an order to behead Guru Tegh Bahadur ji who simply went to Delhi to urge Aurangzeb not to force Kashmiri pandits to convert to Islam. Aurangzeb ordered the two children Sahibzade of Guru Gobind Singh ji should put inside the wall... How can you comment on such a cruel, inhuman person as he has something good inside him.. He imprisoned his father and treated him very badly ,even killed his own brothers..😡😡😡
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While curricular accuracy is essential, this reform's real impact will be measured by execution. A few critical considerations:

Teacher Training: Textbooks are only as effective as the educators delivering them. Are we investing equally in training teachers to contextualise these narratives—avoiding oversimplification while maintaining historical rigour?

Critical Thinking Framework: Rather than replacing one narrative with another, students need to develop analytical skills to evaluate historical sources, understand multiple perspectives, and distinguish between opinion and evidence.

Socio-Economic Context: History isn't just about rulers. Including accounts of common people, trade, agriculture, and everyday life under different regimes gives students a more complete understanding than biographical focus alone.

True educational transformation happens when students graduate as informed citizens capable of independent thinking—not when they memorise revised facts. The test is whether this reform cultivates curiosity and analytical depth, not compliance.
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A syllabus where no Person or Religion is glamorized or put down is best. Hate can never be a solution or create a future which is needed for mankind. A syllabus where, how to not be oppressed, how to stand for self regardless of belonging to a certain country or religion is what needs to be taught. How to be on Earth and do ones best for self and others including Nature.

Without labeling names and religion, which deeds are not to be repeated and which deeds benefit and lead to ones own growth, be it financial and spiritual that needs to be taught. I am sure the new syllabus if brought has this. I trust the PM. 🙏
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Simply add a chapter titled "Invasion on India".

In this chapter, give brief information about all the invasions that occurred from Mahmud of Ghazni to the invasion of Abdali, and then conclude the chapter.

There is obviously no need to study their lineage, their Turkish culture, or the family feuds they had back in Uzbekistan.

They were simply invaders who came to loot India and colonise the natives.
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India slowly is going down the drain. When a nation give priority to religion and not to science its downfall is imminent and history reveals this with examples like Pakistan , Syria , Afganistan and recent addition is Bangladesh. All these nations are scientifically backward.
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First of all, this post doesn't deserve a place on linked-in being a professional platform. This change or rewriting history is nothing but a piece of S***t . Is this change going to help students build super computers, advance in AI tech and help nation to compete with world Superpowers ?
Our school syllabus is already long outdated compared to real life practical trending futuristic planned syllabus followed in western and neighborhood country like china. Yr on Yr we are just producing more and more book worms while one among 140 cr population occupies top position in global companies.
Rupees now top the list of worst performing currency, IMF has debunked our GDP calculation and figures put out, In all major index like easz of doing business, hunger index, freedom of speech index, happiness index,....list is big and we are far behind countries thar are away below smaller in GDP than our annual national budget. AND none is bothered about these to be debated.
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From the day these guys came to power they are only interested in digging up the past and not looking forward abt the future. :( China is talking about building AI army force to protect its border and so on, but we are busy flagging Temple, renaming cities, rewriting history rather creating history by new inventions and setting futuristic goal.
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